Blog Feast Day

Transferred because it fell on the octave of Easter.

Feast of Divine Mercy

Pope Benedict at today’s Regina Caeli address, from Asia News Italy:
A few days shy of the anniversary of John Paul II’s death, Benedict XVI announced during the Regina Caeli today that he would preside over a Mass in memory of the great Polish pope. The Mass will open the First World Congress on Apostolic Divine [...]

Where I Was Today

Sitting next to Tim Drake who wrote this in his excellent Pope 2008 blog (the picture also was taken by Tim):
Father Benedict Groeschel, co-founder of New York’s Franciscan Friars of Renewal spoke to a group of approximately 150 priests, brothers, and nuns this morning at the Institute on Religious Life National Meeting being held [...]

The Eyes of Faith–Great Quote

“To look at everything only in a human way, and not in the light of faith, is like looking through the opposite end of binoculars – instead of making everything look larger and closer, everything looks smaller and farther away.”S. C. Biela

Regina Caeli Message of Pope Benedict

Given today at Castel Gandolfo, from Asia News Italy:
In the light of the Resurrection of Christ, “special value is accorded to commemoration and prayer for the missionary martyrs who died in 2007, while they were carrying out their missionary service. This is a duty of gratitude for the entire Church, and an encouragement for each [...]

To the City and the World

Pope Benedict’s Easter Message, from Asia News Italy:

Resurrexi, et adhuc tecum sum. Alleluia! – I have risen, I am still with you. Alleluia! Dear brothers and sisters, Jesus, crucified and risen, repeats this joyful proclamation to us today: the Easter proclamation. Let us welcome it with deep wonder and gratitude!

Resurrexi et adhuc tecum sum – [...]

Holy Week Ordianary/Extraordinary Forms

My Holy Week was spent in two different parishes–one in the usual ordinary form of the liturgy for Holy Thursday and the other in a parish using the extraordinary form for Good Friday and the Easter Vigil.
 Holy Thursday: (Ordinary Form) A simple liturgy, somewhat subdued (no washing of feet or stripping of the altars–in fact [...]

Turn Towards the Lord

From Pope Benedict XVI’s Easter Vigil homily:
In the early Church there was a custom whereby the Bishop or the priest, after the homily, would cry out to the faithful: “Conversi ad Dominum” – turn now towards the Lord. This meant in the first place that they would turn towards the East, towards the rising sun, [...]

Pope Baptizes Prominent Italian Muslim

From Yahoo News:
An Egyptian-born, non-practicing Muslim who is married to a Catholic, Magdi Allam infuriated some Muslims with his books and columns in the newspaper Corriere della Sera newspaper, where he is a deputy editor. He titled one book “Long Live Israel.”
As a choir sang, Pope Benedict XVI poured holy water over Allam’s head and [...]

Holy Saturday

And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done. So God blessed the seventh day and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all his work which he had done in creation.
Genesis 2:2-3

Second Day of Divine Mercy Novena

From Divine Mercy Novena:
Second Day
“Today bring to Me the Souls of Priests and Religious and immerse them in My unfathomable mercy. It was they who gave Me strength to endure My bitter Passion. Through them as through channels My mercy flows out upon mankind.”

Most Merciful Jesus, from whom [...]

New Papal Master of Ceremonies Explains All

From The New Liturgical Movement:
The office of Master of the Liturgical Celebrations of the Pope is important because, if it is true that lex orandi lex credendi (the Church believes in that which She prays [Rodari's translation]), then to direct the papal ceremonies with rigour and faithfulness to the norms is a help to the [...]

Begin the Divine Mercy Novena Today

First Day “Today bring to Me All Mankind, especially all sinners and immerse them in the ocean of My mercy. In this way you will console Me in [...]

Pope Stays Undercover for Stations

Held during a driving rainstorm, from the Associated Press:
Pope Benedict XVI presided over the Good Friday night Way of the Cross procession at the Colosseum during a driving rainstorm but did not carry the cross as planned during the tradition, which was dedicated to religious freedom this year.
The pope wore a long white coat [...]

Behold the Wood of the Cross